^{37 Ref} You, O King, king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory,

^{38 Ref} Wherever the children of men are living; into whose hands he has given the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven, and has made you ruler over them all, you are the head of gold.

^{39 Ref} And after you another kingdom, lower than you, will come to power; and a third kingdom, of brass, ruling over all the earth.

^{40 Ref} And the fourth kingdom will be strong as iron: because, as all things are broken and overcome by iron, so it will have the power of crushing and smashing down all the earth.